Sale 1118 — The Don David Price Iconic Collection of U.S. Bicolored Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
Category — 1873 State Department Issued Stamps ($2.00-$5.00)
$2.00 State (O68). Original gum, lightly hinged, dark colors, fresh and Very Fine, ex "Vineyard", with 2003 P.F. certificate
$2.00 State (O68). Unused (no gum), rich colors, tiny thin spot at upper left, Very Fine appearance, ex Fekete
$2.00 State (O68). Bright colors nicely complemented by red New York Foreign Mail cancel, few tiny faultsVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 STATE DEPARTMENT WITH A RED NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCEL USED ON SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL.
Ex Markovits. With 2010 P.F. certificate
$2.00 State (O68). Wide margins for this difficult issue, face-free strike of oval registry cancel, few light creases and trivial toning at top, otherwise Fine, ex "Lake Shore", small red backstamps, with 2010 P.F. certificate noting "small faults"
$5.00 State (O69). Position 4 in the sheet of 10, top selvage with green frame plate "No. 120" and black vignette plate "No. (123)", original gum, h.r. reinforces perfs between stamp and selvage and at top of selvage, deep rich color, short perf at upper leftFINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM $5.00 STATE DEPARTMENT WITH SHEET SELVAGE SHOWING THE FRAME PLATE NUMBER AND PART OF THE VIGNETTE PLATE NUMBER.
This stamp was mounted in the Frelinghuysen album with the two parts of the attached selvage folded underneath. A Power Search review found only a single example of the $5.00 State Department stamp with attached selvage. That stamp was a corner-margin single showing part of the imprint.
Ex Frelinghuysen.
$5.00 State (O69). Position 1, top left corner selvage with "Printed By The Continental Bank Note Co." portion of imprint, original gum, trivial h.r., small hinge reinforced separation, light crease or bend in selvage, top left corner expertly repaired, three sealed pinholes, very trivial soilingFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM CORNER SHEET MARGIN SINGLE OF THE $5.00 STATE DEPARTMENT, SHOWING MOST OF THE IMPRINT.
Very suitable for exhibition. With 2008 P.F. certificate
$5.00 State (O69). Original gum, lightly hinged, rich colors, vignette shifted slightly up and to the right, natural inclusion on back (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate
$5.00 State (O69). Rich colors, vignette shifted slightly upwards, cork cancel, corner perf expertly reattached at bottom right, faintly toned at edges, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce stamp in used condition especially with such nice centering, with 2008 P.F. certificate